BIOL752 DIVERSIFYING PROTEIN FUNCTIONS: CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES
| Course Code: | 2380752 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Biology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
-Increasing the functional diversity of proteins through post-translational modifications (PTM).-Protein splicing,glycosylation,phosphorylation,methylation,acetylation,ubiquitination as examples of PTMs
-Mechanisms of alterations in structure,stability,function,localization and degradation of proteins within the cell
-Integrated effects of PTMs on protein functions
-Deregulation of PTMS and emergences of pathologies